Kerri Hoven (she/her) 🇨🇦
@kerrihoven.bsky.social
Childhood lessons from my mother, a public educator, that continue to guide me today: “always consider the source” and “you are the company you keep”.
A Canadian who lives in Alberta on Treaty Land.
A Canadian who lives in Alberta on Treaty Land.
“Food insecurity is not healthy for the people affected nor for Alberta society. In fact, food insecurity is a major risk factor for physical and mental health problems, which adds preventable costs to an already stretched health system.” (L. McIntyre & N. Willows)
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Celebrating food bank numbers obscene and insulting
High food bank use is not a cause for celebration; rather it is an indication of rising financial hardship in this province.
calgaryherald.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:52 AM
“Food insecurity is not healthy for the people affected nor for Alberta society. In fact, food insecurity is a major risk factor for physical and mental health problems, which adds preventable costs to an already stretched health system.” (L. McIntyre & N. Willows)
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
@pfparks.bsky.social maybe it’s time challenge the Premier + her FOUR Ministers of Health to shadow an ED doc or HCW for an entire shift. Sit in the waiting rooms, witness the chaos and distress. And if the UCP won’t, looks like you have an NDP MLA @janisirwin.bsky.social who’s raised her hand.
Hospitals are crowded, wait times are out of control, patients are in hallways.
Healthcare workers are begging for support.
Premier, will you accept this challenge and come on shift with an ER doctor?
If not, why not?
I sure would.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/alber...
Healthcare workers are begging for support.
Premier, will you accept this challenge and come on shift with an ER doctor?
If not, why not?
I sure would.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/alber...
Alberta ER doc challenges premier to come on shift, see patients wait in hallways
EDMONTON - The head of emergency medicine for Alberta's doctors association is challenging Premier Danielle Smith to join him on shift to see the frustration of patients jammed for hours
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
January 10, 2026 at 6:15 AM
@pfparks.bsky.social maybe it’s time challenge the Premier + her FOUR Ministers of Health to shadow an ED doc or HCW for an entire shift. Sit in the waiting rooms, witness the chaos and distress. And if the UCP won’t, looks like you have an NDP MLA @janisirwin.bsky.social who’s raised her hand.
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Heading to Alberta.
Jan 16 - Edmonton Bison Lodge (organized by MP Heather McPherson)
Tickets here:
www.heathermcpherson.ca/town_hall_wi...
Jan 17 Calgary Bowness Seniors Centre Hall
Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/meidas-can...
Jan 16 - Edmonton Bison Lodge (organized by MP Heather McPherson)
Tickets here:
www.heathermcpherson.ca/town_hall_wi...
Jan 17 Calgary Bowness Seniors Centre Hall
Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/meidas-can...
January 5, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Heading to Alberta.
Jan 16 - Edmonton Bison Lodge (organized by MP Heather McPherson)
Tickets here:
www.heathermcpherson.ca/town_hall_wi...
Jan 17 Calgary Bowness Seniors Centre Hall
Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/meidas-can...
Jan 16 - Edmonton Bison Lodge (organized by MP Heather McPherson)
Tickets here:
www.heathermcpherson.ca/town_hall_wi...
Jan 17 Calgary Bowness Seniors Centre Hall
Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/meidas-can...
If you live in AB, this is a MUST follow to fully grasp the current state of our HC system.
THANK YOU @yyccowboy.bsky.social and @frazzleheadlc.bsky.social for ongoing compilation and distribution of this information.
@pfparks.bsky.social
@thebreakdownab.bsky.social
@shoffmanab.bsky.social
THANK YOU @yyccowboy.bsky.social and @frazzleheadlc.bsky.social for ongoing compilation and distribution of this information.
@pfparks.bsky.social
@thebreakdownab.bsky.social
@shoffmanab.bsky.social
Well.. 2026.. V001 of AHS Edmonton Zone Surgical Stipend contracts canceled, Royal Alex Ortho OR won't be re-opened... and much much more.. Buckle up! open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... @frazzleheadlc.bsky.social @alannasmith.bsky.social @carrietait.bsky.social #ABHealth
AHS Update V001 of 2026! 2026-01-04
Sundre OBGYN Hits 2,100 days of being closed, Rimbey OBGYN Closed 1,570 Days, Three Hills OBGYN Closed 1,470 days, Boyle ER 1,280 days of being closed, Consort Hospital closed for 1,236 days!
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:39 AM
If you live in AB, this is a MUST follow to fully grasp the current state of our HC system.
THANK YOU @yyccowboy.bsky.social and @frazzleheadlc.bsky.social for ongoing compilation and distribution of this information.
@pfparks.bsky.social
@thebreakdownab.bsky.social
@shoffmanab.bsky.social
THANK YOU @yyccowboy.bsky.social and @frazzleheadlc.bsky.social for ongoing compilation and distribution of this information.
@pfparks.bsky.social
@thebreakdownab.bsky.social
@shoffmanab.bsky.social
@pfparks.bsky.social
@shoffmanab.bsky.social
@naheednenshi.bsky.social
@friendsofmedicare.bsky.social
@shoffmanab.bsky.social
@naheednenshi.bsky.social
@friendsofmedicare.bsky.social
My dad, 85 years old, suffering from the effects of a 2 year struggle with cancer, and chief of surgery at the Chinook Regional Hospital for decades, was moved from an already overcrowded space to an “overcapacity room” while he recovers from a stomach bleed and pneumonia. This is the room. 🧵🧵🧵
December 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Reposted by Kerri Hoven (she/her) 🇨🇦
And for the text version of ER / OB / OR closures plus info on outbreaks (measles, covid, GI, flu) and ER wait times, check the full post on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh...
open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh...
AHS Update V266 of 2025! 2025-12-24
Mandatory Mask Mandate for YEG Hospitals, 14 OBGYN Closures/Diversions, 13 ED Closures, 8 Surgical Closures & much much more!
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
And for the text version of ER / OB / OR closures plus info on outbreaks (measles, covid, GI, flu) and ER wait times, check the full post on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh...
open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh...
“The system isn’t failing because it’s universal; it’s failing because it has been deliberately underfunded, understaffed and the infrastructure and policies to build up staffing is withheld.”
“Right now, our healthcare teams are performing a miracle under their provincial constraints.”
“Right now, our healthcare teams are performing a miracle under their provincial constraints.”
This is an excellent summary of some of the data on our HC system and why we are at where we are.
Please take a moment to read.
Govt has been neglecting investment in workforce and hosp/LTC capacity for years... we are paying the price now.
Please take a moment to read.
Govt has been neglecting investment in workforce and hosp/LTC capacity for years... we are paying the price now.
Canada’s Healthcare “Crisis”
A political choice for decades, not a universal healthcare failure
paulstewartii.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“The system isn’t failing because it’s universal; it’s failing because it has been deliberately underfunded, understaffed and the infrastructure and policies to build up staffing is withheld.”
“Right now, our healthcare teams are performing a miracle under their provincial constraints.”
“Right now, our healthcare teams are performing a miracle under their provincial constraints.”
The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.
December 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Colbert’s Canceled Christmas: The Last Noel
Credits: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be/XkEy_IttHKE?...
Credits: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be/XkEy_IttHKE?...
Colbert's Canceled Christmas: The Last Noel
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Colbert’s Canceled Christmas: The Last Noel
Credits: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be/XkEy_IttHKE?...
Credits: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be/XkEy_IttHKE?...
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We need more politicians who seek the fame of the pulley or the buttonhole... the fame synonymous with reliable function, silent necessity, and enduring purpose.
So many seem to prioritize the wrong kind of fame or reasons for public service.
3/3
So many seem to prioritize the wrong kind of fame or reasons for public service.
3/3
November 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We need more politicians who seek the fame of the pulley or the buttonhole... the fame synonymous with reliable function, silent necessity, and enduring purpose.
So many seem to prioritize the wrong kind of fame or reasons for public service.
3/3
So many seem to prioritize the wrong kind of fame or reasons for public service.
3/3
Thinking about the impact on mental health after the UCP's attack on trans youth today. You are not alone. There is a much bigger and stronger community of people who love you and who are fighting for you. If you are not okay, talk to someone you trust or call one of the numbers below.
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Thinking about the impact on mental health after the UCP's attack on trans youth today. You are not alone. There is a much bigger and stronger community of people who love you and who are fighting for you. If you are not okay, talk to someone you trust or call one of the numbers below.
Thinking about Premier Kinew's words and actions as Premier Smith repeatedly chooses to violate fundamental rights and freedoms of Albertans. We deserve better @naheednenshi.bsky.social.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks to reporters | Full Media Scrum | October 16, 2025 | youtu.be/mS0QN5zzi-o?...
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks to reporters | Full Media Scrum | October 16, 2025 | youtu.be/mS0QN5zzi-o?...
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Thinking about Premier Kinew's words and actions as Premier Smith repeatedly chooses to violate fundamental rights and freedoms of Albertans. We deserve better @naheednenshi.bsky.social.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks to reporters | Full Media Scrum | October 16, 2025 | youtu.be/mS0QN5zzi-o?...
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks to reporters | Full Media Scrum | October 16, 2025 | youtu.be/mS0QN5zzi-o?...
Reposted by Kerri Hoven (she/her) 🇨🇦
Can you start by making public health like vaccination a national program? Premiers like Smith are endangering the entire country by making access to vaccines near impossible. She is the reason we lost our measles elimination status. If less people become ill there is less strain on hospitals.
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Can you start by making public health like vaccination a national program? Premiers like Smith are endangering the entire country by making access to vaccines near impossible. She is the reason we lost our measles elimination status. If less people become ill there is less strain on hospitals.
📚Alberta Funds Public Schools
📣 Here’s an opportunity to sign in Red Deer!
👀 See website for more times and locations across the province:
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#RedForEdAB
#abfundspublicschools
📣 Here’s an opportunity to sign in Red Deer!
👀 See website for more times and locations across the province:
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#RedForEdAB
#abfundspublicschools
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
📚Alberta Funds Public Schools
📣 Here’s an opportunity to sign in Red Deer!
👀 See website for more times and locations across the province:
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#RedForEdAB
#abfundspublicschools
📣 Here’s an opportunity to sign in Red Deer!
👀 See website for more times and locations across the province:
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#RedForEdAB
#abfundspublicschools
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This video was first posted May 30, 2013.
Here we are 12 years later with public education in crisis and private schools thriving.
Let’s change this!
Sign the petition for Alberta Funds Public Schools.
Link to find locations: abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
youtu.be/7ZliNRsfJ2w?...
Here we are 12 years later with public education in crisis and private schools thriving.
Let’s change this!
Sign the petition for Alberta Funds Public Schools.
Link to find locations: abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
youtu.be/7ZliNRsfJ2w?...
For Richer For Poorer: A Tale Of Two Schools
YouTube video by OperationMaple
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This video was first posted May 30, 2013.
Here we are 12 years later with public education in crisis and private schools thriving.
Let’s change this!
Sign the petition for Alberta Funds Public Schools.
Link to find locations: abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
youtu.be/7ZliNRsfJ2w?...
Here we are 12 years later with public education in crisis and private schools thriving.
Let’s change this!
Sign the petition for Alberta Funds Public Schools.
Link to find locations: abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
youtu.be/7ZliNRsfJ2w?...
This is OUTRAGEOUS!
No money for AB public education, but $86,000,000+ for parents.
180,000 parents x $480 for the 16 days students were out of the classroom.
Read this article and do the math. Please tell me I am wrong!
@thebreakdownab.bsky.social
@albertandp.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
No money for AB public education, but $86,000,000+ for parents.
180,000 parents x $480 for the 16 days students were out of the classroom.
Read this article and do the math. Please tell me I am wrong!
@thebreakdownab.bsky.social
@albertandp.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Eligible Alberta parents receive provincial payments Friday for children out of school during teachers' strike | CBC News
Thousands of Alberta parents will receive e-transfers from the provincial government Friday as part of promised aid to help cover costs of children being out of school during the more than three-week ...
www.cbc.ca
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This is OUTRAGEOUS!
No money for AB public education, but $86,000,000+ for parents.
180,000 parents x $480 for the 16 days students were out of the classroom.
Read this article and do the math. Please tell me I am wrong!
@thebreakdownab.bsky.social
@albertandp.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
No money for AB public education, but $86,000,000+ for parents.
180,000 parents x $480 for the 16 days students were out of the classroom.
Read this article and do the math. Please tell me I am wrong!
@thebreakdownab.bsky.social
@albertandp.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Multitasking for @aliciataylor.bsky.social Alberta Funds Public Schools petition.
If you live in Red Deer and want to sign, DM me and I’ll share my address.
#RedForEdAB
#abfundspublicschools
If you live in Red Deer and want to sign, DM me and I’ll share my address.
#RedForEdAB
#abfundspublicschools
November 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Multitasking for @aliciataylor.bsky.social Alberta Funds Public Schools petition.
If you live in Red Deer and want to sign, DM me and I’ll share my address.
#RedForEdAB
#abfundspublicschools
If you live in Red Deer and want to sign, DM me and I’ll share my address.
#RedForEdAB
#abfundspublicschools
“Hey Smith, we don’t stand for dictators”.
@unlearn16.bsky.social schools Danielle Smith on the power of a union www.instagram.com/reel/DQXf1B4...
I don’t think Smith will be a very receptive student 👇🏻
📸: Rowan Ley (Smith visiting the University of Alberta Faculty of Law, March 17/25)
@unlearn16.bsky.social schools Danielle Smith on the power of a union www.instagram.com/reel/DQXf1B4...
I don’t think Smith will be a very receptive student 👇🏻
📸: Rowan Ley (Smith visiting the University of Alberta Faculty of Law, March 17/25)
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“Hey Smith, we don’t stand for dictators”.
@unlearn16.bsky.social schools Danielle Smith on the power of a union www.instagram.com/reel/DQXf1B4...
I don’t think Smith will be a very receptive student 👇🏻
📸: Rowan Ley (Smith visiting the University of Alberta Faculty of Law, March 17/25)
@unlearn16.bsky.social schools Danielle Smith on the power of a union www.instagram.com/reel/DQXf1B4...
I don’t think Smith will be a very receptive student 👇🏻
📸: Rowan Ley (Smith visiting the University of Alberta Faculty of Law, March 17/25)
Listening to Nicolaides just now. All the complexity he described is all on a teacher to shoulder and solve in exactly the same environment with the same lack of support. So much blaming about the strike alone impacting students’ mental health. And it’s teachers who will fix it?Absolutely enraged.
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Listening to Nicolaides just now. All the complexity he described is all on a teacher to shoulder and solve in exactly the same environment with the same lack of support. So much blaming about the strike alone impacting students’ mental health. And it’s teachers who will fix it?Absolutely enraged.
This is a must watch:
Kathleen Ganley speech in the Alberta Legislature today. "This is how fascism progresses." @kathleenganley.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/4xNvDhU...
www.youtube.com/live/4xNvDhU...
Afternoon Session - Legislative Assembly of Alberta - October 27th, 2025
YouTube video by Legislative Assembly of Alberta
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This is a must watch:
Reposted by Kerri Hoven (she/her) 🇨🇦
I tried to call my MLA but it went to voicemail. And the Voicemail is full. So I sent him a fax. You can find your MLA's contact info here. www.assembly.ab.ca
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
www.assembly.ab.ca
October 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I tried to call my MLA but it went to voicemail. And the Voicemail is full. So I sent him a fax. You can find your MLA's contact info here. www.assembly.ab.ca
Happy Friday Alberta! And you know what that means? Brace yourselves for more fresh hell from Dani and the gang. They love a late Friday announcement so they can hide over the weekend. Like they did at the rally.
Window Photos: www.instagram.com/p/DQK_YjogSw...
Potato Photo: David Bloom/ Postmedia
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Potato Photo: David Bloom/ Postmedia
October 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Happy Friday Alberta! And you know what that means? Brace yourselves for more fresh hell from Dani and the gang. They love a late Friday announcement so they can hide over the weekend. Like they did at the rally.
Window Photos: www.instagram.com/p/DQK_YjogSw...
Potato Photo: David Bloom/ Postmedia
Window Photos: www.instagram.com/p/DQK_YjogSw...
Potato Photo: David Bloom/ Postmedia
FIGHT for PUBLIC EDUCATION
OCT. 23 . 2025
2 PM - 4 PM
LEGISLATURE OF ALBERTA
Make some Noise on the North steps during the Speech from the Throne!
Credit: ATA
OCT. 23 . 2025
2 PM - 4 PM
LEGISLATURE OF ALBERTA
Make some Noise on the North steps during the Speech from the Throne!
Credit: ATA
October 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
FIGHT for PUBLIC EDUCATION
OCT. 23 . 2025
2 PM - 4 PM
LEGISLATURE OF ALBERTA
Make some Noise on the North steps during the Speech from the Throne!
Credit: ATA
OCT. 23 . 2025
2 PM - 4 PM
LEGISLATURE OF ALBERTA
Make some Noise on the North steps during the Speech from the Throne!
Credit: ATA
Reposted by Kerri Hoven (she/her) 🇨🇦
